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US 6,471,555 B2Granted
Female electrical connector element
AssigneeHypertac SA
InventorFabrice Creze
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Abstract
A female electrical connector includes a socket (1) made of conducting material, defining an approximately cylindrical internal space (2) open at one of its ends, inside of which plural wire contacting components made of a conducting material are placed, these being intended to grip, flexibly, a male component to be inserted into the socket (1), the plural components each extending from one end of the cylindrical space (2) to the other. The wire contacting components are formed from a single wire (4).
Claims12
A female electrical connector component comprising:
- a socket (1) made of conducting material, defining an approximately cylindrical internal space (2) open at one of its ends;
- and
- plural straight wire contacting components inside said internal space that are made of a conducting material and that are arranged to grip, flexibly, a male component (3) to be inserted into said socket (1), each of said straight components extending from one end of the said cylindrical space (2) to the other, wherein said wire contacting components are formed from a single wire (4).
A female electrical connector, comprising:
- an electrically conductive socket that defines a generally cylindrical internal space, said internal space having two longitudinally distal ends, one of said two distal ends being open;
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- a single electrically conductive wire with a generally round cross section that is coiled to define an annular opening inside said internal space, said single wire having plural straight sections, each of said plural straight sections extending substantially longitudinally in said internal space from said one of said two distal ends to an opposite one of said two distal ends, said annular opening being arranged and adapted to receive a male electrical connector at said one of said two distal ends that is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.